Razor-blade-disposal tile



Dec. 23, 1930., R. CARLISLE RAZOR BLADE DISPOSAL TIL" Filed May 9, 1927 Fly/4.

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Patented use; 23, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BOY CARLISLE, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA; ROSE A. CABLISLE, ADMINISTRATRIX OI SAID ROY CARLISLE, DECEASED, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS,

TO RAZOR BLADE TILE, INCORPORATED RAZOR-BLADE-IDISI'OSAI: TILE Application filed Kay 9, 1927. Hail No. 189,783.

With the widespread use of safety razors, the disposal of the used and discarded blades whereby they are removed from the access and reach by children has become a problem. Allowin the discarded blades to lie on washstands, shelves, or the like, or throwin them into waste-baskets creates a potential anger to everyone who subsequently has to remove them due to the diificulty in picking them up and the sharp edges present.

My invention permits the problem to be solved without the necessity of any person having to ever handle the discarded blades. The invention is described in detail in one particular form in reference to the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1, is a fragmentary elevation of a wall with which the invention is associated;

Fig. 2, a vertical section through. the wall on the line 2-2 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3, a rear elevation of a tile unit embodying the invention; and

Fig. 4, a side elevation of the tile unit.

Like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views of the drawing.

The wall as shown in Fig. 1 is constructed in the usual manner for bath rooms and the like, and has the facing of tiles 10 for a dis tance up from the floor. The tiles 10 are laid up and bedded in the customary manner on the plaster or cement backing 11, supported by the wall studs 12 to have an air space or opening between the plaster 11 and the plaster 13 forming the wall surface of an ad oinin room (Fig. 2).

In place of one of the tiles 10, a tile 14 of the same surface area is substituted at a convenient location in the wall. This tile 14 has a narrow slot-like opening 15 horizontally disposed from the face or front side, and a Ii 16 is protruded from below the opening.

he rear face of the tile 14 carries an extension 17 which projects backwardly through the plaster base 11 to the air space. Within this extension 17 is a passage 18, into which the opening 15 communicates, which has a lower floor 19 inclined sharply downwardly toward the rear, to discharge into the air space behind the plaster 11. As shown by Figs. 2, 3, and 4, the extension 17 assumes a box-like formation from without.

The tile 14 is interchangeable with any other tile '10 so that no cutting or special matching of tiles is necessary to install the tile 14. The discarded blades as taken from the razor may be inserted over the lip 16 and released to slide down the incline 19 to drop down into the space between the two plaster faces 11 and 13, where the blades are entirely inaccessible and can cause no damage.

I claim:

1. A new article of manufacture comprising a wall tile having a face surface, a narrow slot cut through the face, an extension from the rear side of the tile and a passage through the extension communicating with the slot to discharge from the rear of the extension, said extension being reduced in cross-sectional area from that of the face surface, and said passage having a downwardly and backwardly sloping floor.

2. A new article of manufacture comprising a wall tile having a narrow o ening therethrough with a lip projecting rom the under side of the openin on the face side of the tile and the inner ace of the tile sharply inclined downwardly and backwardly from the opening.

3. A wall tile unit having a face with matching edges therearound and an upwardly inclined passage through the tile terminating in a narrow slit-like opening through the face side of the tile.

4. A wall tile unit having a face with matching edges therearound and a sharply upwardly inclined passage through the tile terminating in a narrow slit-like opening through the face side of the tile said opening having a lip immediately horizontally there under, and said passage expanding rapidly from said opening to its discharge at the rear.

5. As an article of manufacture, a tile having substantially parallel sides comprising a face and a back, a projection from one of said sides, and an angular passageway extending zlfiroulgh said projection to the other side of e ti e.

6. As an article of manufacture, a tile hav ing a substantially fiat finished surface, a projection extending from the side of the tile opposite said surface, and an opening in the finished surface communicating with a passageway through the projection, said passageway being at an angle to the finished surface.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

ROY CARLISLE. 

